The Face of Rosenfeld — page 106: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Pes Pee ede eae x é ; ‘te. ‘ Ly 1 ~ +. eS fa=-? = ao a ~ ~~ . tire a . — - « F a « oe we 5 eR SS zd v7 f . a a PS ~ “Pe , os a2 tr c es 2 fe oO ae Pe Jie c ee * = “is a J? 4a - =. te - fe : ie THE FACE OF ROSENFEL, 99 leading from the little vestibule to the back parlor was pushed open and a playful voice said: “¢ May we come in?” The artist was a trifle confused by the suddenness of the arrival and blushed like a girl, all of which several symptoms on his part amused the philosophic physician very much. But Maxey was an artist, and he soon for- got his embarrassment in his admiration of the picture that was presented to him. _The two girls stood in the door-way with their arms about each other. Miss Dye had already regained her color, and her eyes sparkled with the return of health. They were about of a size, and both were dark, but there was enough of a difference in their faces still to make an effective contrast. Hven Lamar, who was not an artist, was aware that his heart — was beating a trifle faster; but, like most of his deeper emotions, this was a fact known only to himself. ‘«< Shall we sit here on the sofa?” Ellen asked. ‘‘Sofa? No. Here, here! Let her sit here by the window,” cried Maxey, ‘‘ where she can see the river.” «¢ Why, the ungrateful rascal already has eyes for only one, and she, except from a medical point of view, the least interesting,” thought Lamar. Still he ought to have been content, for this fore- thought of Maxey’s permitted him to take a chair near his own preference. Maxey sat beside his easel in a position from which he could look into the faces about him. Annette was just beginning to get sufficiently used to her new friends and her new home to be easy and natu- ral in their presence. Her shyness had been wonderful, and it had taken a long time to conquer it. But now she sat easily and gracefully by the window, a faint _— cs c a e 4 Oe eee, ea fet Cte a eae eh OO ae ewer Se 8 ae hs * Se 28 hank tet Le ek gr, al Wey ST soe att PAE en SOLENT EEA reel gel SM tog BIO eee af agen ade oe NY Am opie OTR eth, etree oe Eb a. exe: fa = Te ee Cr ae cr ae ie A Sr ett As Thee » i a or. Me * . oe Je ee Ba ate . ~ . 39: ." Men a > ‘ icboo cS tg Le '... ; = : Jr ° ’ + eras at! : ee L al SF , >" i ‘5 A a et | : i ~< wt w= J